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Grandfather. We have a very short account of it.
We are told that Joshua and his army fell upon these
Canaanites at the waters of Sherom; that the great
host of the heathen was entirely defeated; that some
fled to Sidon, which lay to the north-west, and some to
Mizpeh, which lay to the east. Their irregular flight
shews the terror they had been in. ‘The Israelites pur-
sued and smote the whole of them, till none were left
alive. They then lamed their horses and burned their
chariots, as they had been commanded. Joshua only
required now to make himself master of the fortified
places, which he did by degrees. He burned none of
the cities except Hazor, to the king of which all the
other cities had formerly been subject. He rooted out
the Anakim also, who lived in the mountains; both
they and their cities were utterly destroyed. It was
they who caused so much terror to the ten spies, when
the children of Israel first approached the borders of
Canaan. They mentioned with great alarm having seen
the giants, the sons of Anak. The utter destruction of
these giants shewed how groundless that terror was.

George. Did Joshua take long to subdue the country ?

Grandfather. About six or seven years.

George. That was a very long time, why did he take
so long ? |

Grandfather. I shall answer you in the words of
scripture. The Lord, speaking to Moses before the
Israelites first drew near to Canaan, said of the inha-
bitants of the land, “I will not drive them out from